Manufacturing Engineering Lead - Process Improvement & NPI

True North Consultants, Inc.; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

True North Consultants, Inc. seeks a Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor to supervise and advance manufacturing engineering activities, improving production readiness, reliability, quality, and throughput in a fast-paced environment.

You will be hands-on with process development, tooling, and work instructions while guiding engineers and technicians. You will lead a team to transition new or revised products into repeatable processes, coordinate root-cause analyses, and collaborate with design

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent technical experience in a related field.
• Experience supervising technical personnel or leading projects.
• Experience in manufacturing engineering supporting precision manufacturing.
• Knowledge of process development, tooling, and work instructions.
• Ability to balance production support with longer-term improvements.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize and coordinate the manufacturing engineering team’s workload to support production and new product introduction.
• Develop and improve manufacturing methods, routings, standard work, assembly processes, tooling, and fixtures.
• Lead the transition of new or revised products into repeatable production processes with proper documentation and training.
• Provide technical support for production problems and coordinate root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Identify and implement improvements in cycle time, labor utilization, first-pass yield, scrap, and rework.
• Partner with design engineering to review manufacturability and resolve production constraints before product release.
• Support equipment selection, capital project justification, installation, and process validation.
• Coach engineers and technicians, maintain process documentation, and reinforce safe work practices and quality requirements.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering experience

Supervising technical personnel

Cross-functional improvement teams

Process development

Engineering drawings

Structured problem solving

Employee development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related discipline

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

True North Consultants, Inc. seeks a Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor to supervise and advance manufacturing engineering activities, improving production readiness, reliability, quality, and throughput in a fast-paced environment.

You will be hands-on with process development, tooling, and work instructions while guiding engineers and technicians. You will lead a team to transition new or revised products into repeatable processes, coordinate root-cause analyses, and collaborate with design